Surgical approach for renal cell carcinoma metastatic to the left atrium

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 891-892

  Patane, Joseph ^a   Flum, David R ^a   McGinn Jr , Joseph T ^a,b   Tyras, Denis H ^a  

^a ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM; HEART METASTASIS; HUMAN; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STERNOTOMY; THORAX SURGERY;

CARCINOMA, RENAL CELL; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HEART NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 0030247220     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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